Scott Kolins

Scott Kolins
Kolins at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born	1968
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Notable works	Star Wars: The Essential Guide The Thing: Freakshow (2002) The Flash (2001–2003)
Awards	2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards' 'Favorite Breakout Talent'

Scott Kolins (born 1968) is an American illustrator, writer, and creator of multiple different superhero and science fiction comic books. His main credits are as a penciler but he is an established inker as well as colorist and has some credits as a writer.

Early life

Kolins' interest in drawing and comics began at age 10 as an avid comic book reader in the late 1970s.^{[citation needed]} He studied at The Joe Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey.^[1]^[2]

Career

In the 1980s, he worked under Dennis Jensen, and then under Kim DeMulder and Bart Sears. After studying at the Kubert school, Kolins got a job with Valiant Comics. He was then hired as a Romita Raider (in house art corrections under John Romita Sr.) at Marvel Comics.^[2] Kolins announced his departure from Marvel in 2007, and that he had been talking to Geoff Johns about a future project.^[3]^[4]

Style and approach

Most of Kolins' credits are as penciller, following the modern tradition of "tight penciling." Since his work on The Flash, he has a tendency to do fewer shadows and less varying of line-weight. This results, in part, in shifting some of the responsibility of the page content from the penciller to the inker or colorist (fewer lines and definition by line and more by color contrasts.) This tends to make the art very "clean." The whole pattern of emphasis has been the subject of discussion.^[5]

In addition to his penciling and inking work, Kolins has studied comic book coloring.^[6] He has worked over two dozen different titles, and sometimes does variation according to the demands of the story and the history of the character. ^[7]

Scott Kolins was a 2003 nominee of the Wizard Fan Awards' 'Favorite Breakout Talent' for his work on The Flash and rave reviews from fans.^{[dead link]}^[8]

Characters created

Kolins is also credited with the creation (or co-creation) of several comic book characters, including Peek-a-Boo, Iron Maniac Gear, Tar Pit and others.

Selected bibliography

Kolins has illustrated numerous comic books for Marvel from 1992 to 2008, including Excalibur, Hawkeye, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor: Blood Oath, The Thing, The Avengers, She-Hulk, Wolverine, the Fantastic Four, and others. He has also illustrated many DC comics from 1993 to 2010. Works included Green Lantern, Superboy, Legion of Superheroes, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman/Batman.

References

^ Weldon, Glen (August 13, 2012). "Comics Legend Joe Kubert, 1926-2012: An Appreciation". NPR. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2012. His Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey has produced several generations of comics creators (including his own sons, Andy and Adam Kubert) who have gone on to make their own, widely varied, contributions to the field: Amanda Connor, Rick Veitch, Eric Shanower, Steve Lieber, Scott Kolins, and many more.for two years, beginning in 1991.
^ ^a ^b Interview with Scott Kolins. NovaPrimePage. Archived May 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ "A New Initiative: Scott Kolins Leaves Marvel Comics". Comics Bulletin. August 21, 2007 Archived July 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "BALTIMORE COMIC-CON 07: SCOTT KOLINS SIGNS EXCLUSIVE WITH DC". Newsarama. September 8, 2007 Archived September 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Thoughts On Scott Kolins' Art...". Newsarama. Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Scott Kolins: Artist of Thunder" Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine article from Comics Bulletin
^ Singh, Arune (September 22, 2006). "Scott Kolins gets ready to soar with 'Omega Flight'". September 22, 2006. Comic Book Resources
^ "Kirkman's Five Reasons to Pre-Order Marvel Team-Up". Newsarama. Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine